Improvement in paper barrels



c. L. LocHMAN PAPER BARREL.

Patented. J'u1y11,.18'76.

Minus. PNOTO-LUHOGRAPMER. WASHINGTON. D, C.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIGE.

CHARLES L. LOOHMAN, OF ALL'ENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

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Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 179,707, dated July 11, 1876 applicationfiled May 2, 1876.

To all whom it inay concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES L. LOGHMAN, of the city of Allentown, in the county of Lehigh and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Paper Barrels; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of a barrel constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged view, showing more clearly my manner of fitting the head to the body. Fig. 4 gives an enlarged view of the lap or joint of the body; and Fig. 5 a modified form of said joint.

Similar letters of reference represent corresponding parts in the several drawings.

The object of my invention is to provide a barrel or package for general use which shall be light, strong, tight, and cheap.

In the first place a paper or pasteboard cylinder is constructed. Two modes may be mentioned-one by the overlapping of sheets or ribbons of paper around a revolving drum, and cementing the sheets together until the required thickness is gained. This and similar methods have been used for a long time in making cylindrical paper boxes, to which were applied paper heads or ends. The other method, and the one specifically described herein, is by'the use of a single sheet of suitable paper-board, of a thickness and strength applicable to the purpose the package is intended for. Should still greater strength and durability be required, a web of cloth may be pasted or glued to the exterior or interior surface of the pasteboard.

Single sheets of paper-boards have been used for a long time in making cylindrical paper boxes, but not in the manner of joining the ends as hereinafter described. It consists,

secondly, in constructing wooden heads, that, when put in place, cannot be detached from the body of the barrel by ordinary use, and also to afford the necessary hold in handling the package; and, lastly, to provide the barrel with appropriate hoops, and securing them by nails.

. words, flares toward the inside.

In constructing mybarrel, I take a seamless sheet of strong paper-board, properly trimmed on the'four sides, forming it into a cylinder for the body of the vessel, and joining the overlapping ends by interposing a strip of sheet metal, E, doubling the same over both ends of the lap, in opposite directions, in the shape of an S, and securing the joint by two rows of rivets or double-pointed nails, d d, clinching them on the inside, as shown in Fig. 4; or the joint may be modified by using a U-shaped metal binding, F, as shown in Fig. 5, covering the edge of outer lap. This metal strip may be replaced by one of strong canvas, and, in addition to the rivets, it should be pasted or glued to the paper-board. This strip gives additional strength to the joint or lap, and protects it from abrasion. In the next place the heads B B are made of wood, with a rabbet on the periphery, forming the flange 0, and having a beveled edge, a, so that the head has a larger diameter on the inside surface than higher up at the flange 0, or, in other The head is also provided with a circular or oval recess, H, placed near the edge or side, in order to reach it more readily with the hands or hoisting-hooks, for the purpose of handling the barrel. The inside diameter of the head corresponds with the diameter of the paper cylinder, so that it slips tightly into the ends of the same. The head is forced down so that the edge b'rests on the flange 0,- but the projection of the flange 0 equals the thickness of the paper body at b. The latter does not meet the rabbeted edge at the flange o, leaving a triangular or V-shaped space. Now, the hoop G, whose inner bevel corresponds to the outer bevel of the rabbeted surface a, is forced down over the ends b of the barrel, pressing said end tightly all around the circumterence, against the outer face of the beveled rabbet a of the head, as shown in Fig. 3. The joint or lap of the body is cut away at both ends .to the depth of the rabbet, so that the ends of the cylinder meet without an offset, admitting the heads snugly. This method eminently secures the head to the body, the flange 0 preventing it from sinking down too far, and the beveled edge from being forced out while the hoop O is in place. In addition to this, Idrive staples or nails 0 6 through the hoops G O and the ends I) b of the body into the heads.

The hoops D D are made of uniform thickness of wood, and are put on the barrels before the end hoops are attached, The end hoops may be made of wood or iron, but in either case should have the inside beveled to correspond with the beveled rabbet of the head.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A paper barrel or package of a cylindrical form, having wooden heads with beveled rabbets on the periphery, in combination with beveled hoops, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. A head for a paper barrel having a beveled rabbeted periphery, and a recess, H, near its sides, substantially as described.

1 CHARLES L. LOGHMAN.

Witnesses:

E. M. SENDEL, TOBIAS KESSLER. 

